What is NACLO?

The North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad is a contest in which high-school students solve linguistic puzzles. In solving these puzzles, students learn about the diversity and consistency of language, while exercising logic skills. No prior knowledge of linguistics or second languages is necessary. Professionals in linguistics, computational linguistics and language technologies use dozens of languages to create engaging problems that represent cutting edge issues in their fields. The competition has attracted top students to study and work in those same fields. It is truly an opportunity for young people to experience a taste of natural-language processing in the 21st century.

Friday, April 11, 2017Press Release about the 2017 Invitational Round.

April 3, 2017The problems from the two rounds of the 2017 contest have been posted here.

April 2, 2017The unofficial results from the Invitational Round are here.

February 28, 2017The results from the Open Round have been posted. You can see your scores by logging in at the bottom of this page. The list of US students who qualified for the second round so far is listed here. A total of 171 students have qualified (including 156 from the USA and 15 from Canada).